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HUSB 240 - Introduction to Abnormal Psychology
This course is an introduction to the assumptions, theories and concepts of abnormal psychology. Emphasis is placed on the interaction of social, psychological and biological factors in shaping personality development.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 241 - Coping with Disease & Death
This course analyzes how the sociological and psychological implications of disease relate to coping mechanisms and interaction with others and how the conceptualization of disease connects with the specter of dying and the finality of death. It examines the patient’s and the patient’s family’s needs and how these needs influence the institutions involved.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 242 - Public Health & Health Education
This course covers many topics: the nature of our health systems; the concept of multiple risks; various risk reduction strategies; the historical origins of public health; the possibility of solving health problems through formal and informal health education; and individual, social and organizational approaches to health education. These issues are examined in order to assess the nature and role of health educators.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 247 - Practicum in Human Services
See your academic advisor.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 250 - Special Topics in Human Services
This course provides an opportunity for students to do an in-depth analysis on specific human services topics. The analysis will include looking at the issues from historical and cultural perspectives. The issues reviewed are developed by the instructor in collaboration with the class.
Credits: 1-3
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HUSB 254 - Contemporary Issues in Human Biology
This course focuses on the balance of hereditary and environmental forces in human biology and the relationship of human beings in our natural/material environments.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 255 - Transformational Alternatives: The Complexities of Ethical Actions
This course will be a theoretical and experiential examination of the moral
decision-making processes brought to bear in the personal and professional life
of the criminal justice practitioner. Class participants will conduct an inquiry
into various works of moral philosophy and will examine the ways that morality
and ethics inform personal and professional behaviors. Through analyses of essays,
short stories, poems, and research studies, students will consider applications
of ethical actions as they pertain to issues of social justice. Finally, the
student will be brought to an awareness of the necessity of the means for advocating
significant and substantive change in the criminal justice workplace.
Credits: 3 s.h.
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HUSB 256 - Health & Society
This course defines and explores health care for people. It conceptualizes the health “forest” of which the professional personal treatment “tree” is a part. It is organized around four themes: caring for sickness versus health care; professional caregivers versus self-care; public health care versus personal health care; and public health defined by the state versus public health defined by and for the citizenry.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 257 - Health Care & Aging I
This course reviews the physiological etiology of aging, the interrelationship between physiological change and mental health, self-assessment, needs assessment, status issues and work in family and institutional settings.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 258 - Health Care & Aging II
This course reviews the techniques of working with the geriatric patient. The therapeutic community, sensory training, reality orientation, remotivation and group activities as therapy are examined.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 259 - The Language of Sickness and Healing
This course deals with the effects of language on the definition of sickness and of healing and the effects of different languages on how people deal with each other. It looks at gender, class, race and cross-cultural differences in language.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 260 - Public Health I
This introductory course surveys issues in epidemiology and public health, health campaigns, immunizations, health care delivery systems and the types of professional staffing providing public health services. A major part of the course is devoted to analyzing the roles of local, state and federal government in regulating, financing and monitoring health care delivery.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 261 - Public Health II
This course examines legal issues in the delivery of health care and the role of economics and politics in public health. Contemporary case studies are analyzed.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 262 - Health Care & Aging III
This course focuses on aging in an industrial society, especially on the class, racial, cultural and sexual differences of growing old. It also covers the right to work, social security, housing and health care.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 263 - Race & Justice
This course examines how race, ethnicity, gender and class play a role in the
treatment an individual receives while “participating” in the U.S. society and
the justice system. It explores several topic areas including arrest, sentencing,
and corrections. In addition, students are introduced to Critical Race Theory
(CRT), a theory which challenges the ways in which race and racial power are constructed
in U.S. society. Issues including affirmative action, property rights, and the
social construction of race are discussed.
Credits: 3 s.h.
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HUSB 265 - Writing for Human Services
This course teaches students how to perform specific writing tasks frequently required of human services professionals, such as: writing effective email, memos, and letters; crafting appeals for funding; writing reports; preparing agendas and minutes; composing, administering, tabulating and reporting on surveys; and preparing press releases. In addition, the course is designed to help students gain confidence in their overall ability to write effectively at work, at school, and in their personal lives.
Prerequisites & Notes
Communication Skills II or equivalent
Credits: 3
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HUSB 270 - Reading and Notetaking Strategies
This one-credit seminar teaches students how to read actively using the “SQ3R” method (scan, question, read, recite, review). Students also practice identifying thesis statements and supporting arguments. In addition, students learn some methods to avoid several common logical fallacies. Students also learn and practice the “Cornell system” for taking notes on reading, lectures, and class discussion that are useful for later review.
Credits: 1
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HUSB 275 - Healing in Cross-Cultural Perspective
This course examines the fundamental role of culture in shaping personal and social dimensions of illness and healing. It emphasizes a comparative methodology based on the in-depth study of selected cultural healing traditions. It demonstrates how a cross-cultural perspective contributes to effective human service work in a multiethnic society.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 278 - Historical Sociology of Community Development
This course examines the history of community development from a sociological perspective.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 280 - Database Management
The principles of computing, database management and applications generation are introduced. The course investigates the concepts and techniques underlying systems and assesses some of the features to look for in good software. Standardization and organization of information are explained in the context of developing a data dictionary based on fields, records and files comprising a database. Students design and program a custom report through the use of an associated report-generator known as FORMS.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 281 - Introduction to Community Video
This course introduces video production techniques to promote access to community broadcast and cable television channels. It covers the development of the skills necessary to produce public service announcements and documentaries for community education.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 284 - Current Events in an International Context
The purpose of this course is to familiarize students with the major social forces as they relate to American international relations.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 286 - International Human Resource Development
This course provides a basic introduction to the theory and practice of international human resource development. It focuses on approaches most relevant to community development goals, not merely corporate settings. Social development models that build self-reliance are contrasted with more traditional social welfare models. Projects in the areas of literacy, health, education and community organization are studied.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 289 - Rural Issues in Mental Health
This course identifies rural issues for mental health practice. It studies rural conditions and examines how they affect mental health and related service delivery. Natural, human, political, organizational and professional environments are explored.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 300 - Professionalization and Bureaucratization in Human Services
This course deals with the contradictory pressures for, and effects of, professionalization and bureaucratization in human services organizations and systems and with alternative models for these approaches.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 306 - Independent Study I
This course is intended for students who want to conduct independent reading and/or research under the supervision of a faculty member. The specific learning objectives are determined by contractual agreement with the faculty member.
Credits: 1-3
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HUSB 308 - Independent Study II
This course is intended for students who want to conduct independent reading
and/or
research under the supervision of a faculty member. The specified learning objectives
are determined by contractual agreement with the faculty member.
Credits: 1-3
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HUSB 309 - Independent Study III
This course is intended for students who want to conduct independent reading
and/or
research under the supervision of a faculty member. The specified learning objectives
are determined by contractual agreement with the faculty member.
Credits: 1-3
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HUSB 310 - Counseling: Theories & Perspectives
This course examines theories and practices of counseling in the course of experiential work during class sessions. The course stresses contemporary theoretical innovations as well as a realistic social perspective necessary to teach clients creative problem framing and solving.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 313 - Counseling Within Institutional Settings
This course examines total institutional settings, their impact on the residents and staff, and the logic and dynamics of de-institutionalization.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 314 - Counseling from a Racial Perspective
This course provides information and methods for racially sensitive counseling and examines the differing world views that may be found among different groups.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 316 - Psychology of Women:Theories & Practices
This course utilizes contemporary and emerging literature that offers new perspectives on the psychology of women.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 317 - Substance Abuse Counseling
This course examines the particular theories and techniques utilized in work with clients struggling with addiction.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 318 - Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Social Services
The purpose of this course is to engage students from different backgrounds in serious analytical discussions of cultural, ethnic and national similarities and differences in systems for meeting human needs that include education, health care, food, and human and community development.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 319 - Advocacy for Institutional Change Case & Class Advocacy
This class has four objectives: to teach students how to apply their knowledge of the advocacy process to different situations; to enable students to learn the relationship between social change theories and advocacy; to examine and review the essential tools of advocacy; and to help students decide about their ability and willingness to work within advocacy principles.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 321 - Survey of American Jurisprudence II
This course extends the survey and examines such issues of civil contract and tort law as consumer protection, family and parent/child relations, housing law, landlord/tenant relations, individual rights and civil liberties.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 322 - Basic Concepts in Business & Politics
This course provides international students with a critical understanding of the social, political and economic context within which the human services and community development systems function in the U.S. It includes a structural, historical and functional examination of the business and political systems in the U.S. and their interrelationships. The class is designed to enhance international students’ understanding of other courses taken at the College.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 323 - The Process of Practical Politics
This course provides students with an introduction to and an overview of state legislative political systems and the strategies utilized to affect political outcomes. The course covers the structure of the legislative and executive branches, their internal organization, the election process and the lawmaking process.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 324 - The Human Factor in Community Health
This course examines how some of the factors in community health services relate to cultural diversity in health and illness, the role and rights of consumers, and the broad spectrum of human behavior as it relates to meeting human needs.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 325 - Politics of Education
From a theoretical, historical and cross-cultural framework, students examine the impact of power dynamics on the education process and educational institutions. They also assess how culture, politics and economics affect educational institutions.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 326 - Family Counseling & Understanding Diverse Cultures
This course introduces major theoretical approaches to family therapy. Students
learn to analyze the interactions of family structure, ethnicity and the impact
of social control agents in determining appropriate helper responses. Ways in
which the service providers’ ethnicity, culture and race influence their perceptions
are also explored.
Credits: 3 s.h.
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HUSB 328 - Community Organizing
This advanced course distinguishes the characteristics of organizers and the form of their social movements. Students also analyze the structural transformation of a community and the development of an organizer. Group dynamics is also a focus.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 337 - Confronted By Violence
This course consists of a series of workshops on issues prevalent in our society including domestic violence, child abuse, substance abuse and rape. These subjects are explored within the context of United States history, social welfare and the law.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 338 - Human Sexuality
This course intends to help students develop a broader understanding of human
sexual functioning by examining a wide range of behaviors from a physiological,
psychosocial, cultural, and behavioral frame of reference.
Credits: 3 s.h.
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HUSB 339 - Preventive Holistic Health
This course examines alternatives to the current health delivery system. It gives particular attention to how people deal with their own health care as it relates to primary, secondary and tertiary prevention.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 343 - Cooperatives
This course introduces the student to the history of cooperation, the nature of cooperative organizations and their applicability to issues of community empowerment.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 344 - The Law, Agencies & the Developmentally Disabled
This course examines court decisions and recent laws outlining the rights of developmentally disabled individuals for care and treatment. It examines these issues from the perspectives of professional ethics, human rights and changing social policies.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 345 - Independent Reading & Research
This course involves an independent program of study, research or creative activity designed under specified conditions. It is usually conducted off campus by the student under the supervision of a faculty sponsor. The student defines the nature of the issue to be addressed and develops a proposed syllabus that is used as a learning contract. The faculty sponsor signs the proposed contract once it meets the standards for a three-credit experience.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 346 - Introduction to Developmental Disabilities
This course examines developmental disabilities with particular reference to methods designed to enhance the quality of life of developmentally disabled individuals.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 347 - Contemporary Issues in Morality
This course raises questions inherent in a technological, computerized age regarding the quality of human life and relationships. Questions of dominance, power and control are discussed within the context of cultural, social, economic and political systems. Students examine changing patterns in contemporary culture and develop a definition of ethics that is inclusive.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 348 - Creative Writing For Social Change
This course develops creative thinking and writing skills for dealing with the issues of social change. After identifying a human services issue, students develop a piece of creative writing which carries a premise that promotes social change. Students learn fundamentals of writing lyrics, poems, short stories, plays and teleplays developed through improvisation.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 350 - Race, Religion & Culture
This course investigates the interplay between race, religion and culture within societies and organizations attempting to move towards equality and democracy. A range of thinkers is examined.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 353 - International Analysis
This course uses human development to understand the means and limitations of how sovereign states formulate and execute policy. This perspective provides a different understanding of such contemporary issues as refugees, hunger and population growth. The impact of the United Nations and other cultural exchange programs is examined.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 354 - Organizational Development
This course analyzes how human service organizations can deliver quality service without the negative aspects of bureaucratization. Utilizing social systems theory as the general framework, the class focuses on such issues as needs assessment, effective long-range and short-range planning, and staff and program evaluation.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 355 - International Political Economy
This course explores the international political economy with a particular emphasis on the relationship between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The historical roots of colonialism and neocolonialism are examined as are the implications for development.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 360 - Fitness/Wellness I
This three-part course teaches a student the value of physical activity as it relates to wellness in his/her life. The student learns to assess his/her own fitness level and develop a personalized program, a Fitness/Wellness Plan, to enhance his/her life. Topics covered include environmental issues, stress reduction, components of fitness, cardiopulmonary endurance, development of muscular strengths and endurance, development of flexibility, weight control and body composition, basic nutrition as it relates to fitness, common fitness injuries, drug and alcohol abuse issues, sexually transmitted diseases and lifetime fitness activities.
Credits: 2
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HUSB 361 - Fitness/Wellness II
This three-part course teaches a student the value of physical activity as it relates to wellness in his/her life. The student learns to assess his/her own fitness level and develop a personalized program, a Fitness/Wellness Plan, to enhance his/her life. Topics covered include environmental issues, stress reduction, components of fitness, cardiopulmonary endurance, development of muscular strengths and endurance, development of flexibility, weight control and body composition, basic nutrition as it relates to fitness, common fitness injuries, drug and alcohol abuse issues, sexually transmitted diseases and lifetime fitness activities.
Credits: 1
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HUSB 362 - Fitness/Wellness III
This three-part course teaches a student the value of physical activity as it relates to wellness in his/her life. The student learns to assess his/her own fitness level and develop a personalized program, a Fitness/Wellness Plan, to enhance his/her life. Topics covered include environmental issues, stress reduction, components of fitness, cardiopulmonary endurance, development of muscular strengths and endurance, development of flexibility, weight control and body composition, basic nutrition as it relates to fitness, common fitness injuries, drug and alcohol abuse issues, sexually transmitted diseases and lifetime fitness activities.
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HUSB 363 - Health & the Social Order
This course presents a picture of the relationship between health, disease and the social order and illustrates how social and cultural factors mediate biological determinants and outcomes.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 366 - Culture & Political Thought of Third World People
This course surveys the social, cultural and political aspects of several Third World countries and their cultural transformations in order to develop an understanding of the role of culture in the process of social change and liberation struggles. It develops an understanding of the cross-cultural factors that influence people of color living in Africa, Latin America and North America.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 367 - Psycho-Politics of Male-Female Relationships
This course defines psycho-politics as it relates to male-female relationships, describes major characteristics of present male-female power dynamics, examines perspectives on relationships through a variety of psychological and political constructs, and outlines differences and similarities of relationships in diverse cultural and class settings.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 368 - Social Philosophy
This course compares and contrasts a range of philosophers who have had a great impact on our social consciousness. It aims to help students master certain basic philosophical principles in relation to their social activities and enables them to develop a social consciousness that defines their social responsibilities.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 369 - Victimization
This course provides an introduction to victimization including theory, social trends, intervention skills and the role of institutions and social attitudes in the dynamics of victimization. The importance of empowerment in overcoming victimization is stressed.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 370 - Rural Development
This course examines the socioeconomic and ecological consequences of ownership patterns and land use practices in the U.S. from colonial times to the present. It examines the socioeconomic structures, government policies and industrial patterns underlying the present underdevelopment of rural areas. Case studies of rural development strategies are also discussed.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 371 - Socialization & Social Control
This course examines the social function of a variety of educational approaches and their development within a social and historical context. The development of the U.S. educational system in the first half of the 19th century, 20th-century reforms and the dynamics of the educational process are explored.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 372 - Economics, Competition & Cooperation
This course examines the mainstream interpretation of how economies work. A range of economic systems is examined with particular emphasis on how competition and cooperation are used in each system. This critique stresses the historical and evolutionary importance of cooperation and self-determination among people.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 373 - Cooperative Models for Sustainable Communities
This course is an examination of the nature and structure of cooperative models as well as the psychological and sociological underpinnings necessary to create and maintain them. Their actual and potential impact on community-based sustainable development is assessed. The ideological employment of the concepts of competition and cooperation is examined.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 374 - International Economic Order
This course is about the new economic order and the changing role of the United States within it. Topics to be considered will include: issues in trade policy; employment, unemployment and information technology; regional trade organization; and social services, among others.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 375 - Case Studies in Community-Based Development
Case studies in community-based development from various cultural settings are examined.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 376 - Labor Economics
This course explores the application of economic analysis to issues important to the labor movement. Students’ abilities to assess the impact of market conditions on labor and to critically assess government policies that affect workers and their working conditions are developed. The historical role of unions is a part of this study.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 377 - Labor Law
This course provides an introduction to federal, state, private and public sector laws dealing with workers’ rights and benefits, occupational safety and health, union organizing, collective bargaining and union democracy.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 379 - Cultural Change in the African Diaspora
This course examines the role of culture and the development of social and political thought of Third World societies with emphasis on the peoples of the African Diaspora.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 383 - Politics of Psychotherapy: Implications for Social Change
This course examines, both critically and from an analytical perspective, the history, conflicts and contradictions that have surrounded the emergence of psychotherapy as the primary mode of treatment for people experiencing difficulties in their everyday life. Focus is placed on reviewing and comparing different influences on the definition of psychotherapy, especially with respect to its implications for the field of education and social change.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 387 - Appropriate Technologies
Much has been made lately about the role of appropriate technologies for development, and the question has been raised, “What is the meaning of ‘appropriate’?” Should different technologies be appropriate for developing countries than for developed countries? These questions and the issue of technological transfer are explored.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 388 - World Views Analysis
This course investigates the nature of current global resources, development and environmental crises; and analyzes the world views or social values, structures and systems underlying these crises, as well as alternative world views for a peaceful and environmentally sustainable global society.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 390 - The Labor Movement & Contemporary Society
This course examines the philosophy, structure and functions of trade unions in the U.S., the role of unions in the economy, labor positions on important political issues, political activity of unions, labor history and government’s role in labor/management relations.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 395 - The Economics & Sociology of Work
This course discusses the organization of work in the U.S., competing management philosophies, response of workers to management philosophies and practices, satisfaction of workers with their jobs, trends in worker productivity, alternative work arrangements and worker participation in management.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 399 - Language, Culture & Critical Thinking
This course is an introduction to the nature of social science discourse. The class explores the interrelationship of culture, values and institutions with an emphasis on the importance of the human services. Students learn to think critically about social problems and development by utilizing the science of inquiry as a method of analysis.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 423 - Rural Issues
This course offers students an opportunity to explore a variety of human services and community development issues with particular reference to rural areas in the United States from the colonial period to the present. The issues to be reviewed are developed by the instructor in collaboration with the class.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 441 - Library Research Methods
This course introduces the student to research methods in human services that are based upon library resources and with various search methods for library resources. Students become familiar with the variety of qualitative and quantitative materials that are available through a good library.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 442 - Thesis
See your academic advisor.
Credits: variable
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HUSB 444 - Social Change Movements
This course examines several specific social movements as examples and test cases for theories of social movements. Particular attention is given to issues of social movement effectiveness; backlash; internal democracy; leadership; gender, race and class dynamics; and coalition politics.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 445 - Issues in Labor Studies
This course examines contemporary issues facing organized labor. The issues reviewed are developed by the instructor in collaboration with the class.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 449 - Contemporary Issues in Human Services
This course allows students to examine current issues and emerging trends in the human services field. The issues examined are from a variety of perspectives: personal, cultural, economic and political. The issues reviewed are developed by the instructor in collaboration with the class.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 451 - Grant Writing & Fundraising
This course provides an overview of necessary skills in grant writing and the techniques utilized in applying for public and private funding sources. It reviews the elements of proposal development and proposal writing strategies as well as grants management processes.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 464 - Substance Use & Abuse: From Prevention to Treatment
This course examines substance use and abuse. Its goals are to build a pharmacological
knowledge of substances; to explore how society causes an increased use of substances;
and to analyze systems designed to offer prevention and treatment. Special emphasis
is placed on the disease concept of alcoholism and counseling techniques currently
used in substance abuse treatment.
Credits: 3 s.h.
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HUSB 486 - Internship
The internship is a course of practical study through placement in a work experience in a community service agency. Acceptable internship settings provide the student with an opportunity to develop new skills or work with a new problem or population. Under close supervision, students acquire experience in providing direct service to consumers and learn how agencies function.
Credits: 3-6
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HUSB 491 - Organizing, Collective Bargaining & Labor Law
Issues explored in this course are organizing strategy, collective bargaining theory, scope of bargaining (wages, hours, and the terms and conditions of employment), the balance of power in collective bargaining relationships, and the understanding of bargaining power and U.S. Labor Law under the Wagner and Taft-Hartley Acts.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 492 - Contract Administration & Arbitration
This course presents the principles of contract interpretation and grievance handling, which matters can be arbitrated, the selection of arbitrators and the law of arbitration.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 493 - Public Sector Unionization
This course discusses the history of public sector unionization, special problems of public sector unions, right to strike, binding contract arbitration, best-last offer arbitration, advisory arbitration, fact finding, mediation, public relations and political action.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 494 - Trade Union Administration
Issues covered in this course are managing a local union; handling finances, correspondence, and record keeping; requirements of the Landrum-Griffin Act; setting policies and making constructive decisions in the union; increasing membership participation and leadership competence; and identifying and solving problems in local situations.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 496 - Introduction to Environmental & Occupational Health & Safety
This course examines the history, development and current state of environmental and occupational health and safety protection in the U.S. It is intended as an introduction to the relevant laws and agencies as well as to important environmental and occupational health problems and major dilemmas facing those who want to protect the environment and improve workers’ health and safety.
Credits: 3
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HUSB 498 - Health Policies for Developing Countries
This course provides an introduction to the health needs and problems in developing countries. It introduces the primary health care model and its relation to both traditional health practices and standard Western medical practice. It examines principles of infections and communicable diseases, maternal and child health, environmental health, nutrition and health education as well as the role of the community in health care.
Credits: 3
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SHSE 116 - Mathematics for Elementary Educators
This course is designed to prepare prospective teachers to teach mathematics
at
the elementary level. The course explores problem solving techniques and mathematical concepts
that students are likely to encounter when teaching mathematics to children.
Some of the concepts include sets, properties and operations of the number system,
different number bases, elementary logic, geometry, and measurement.
Credits: 3 s.h.
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SHSE 121 - College Algebra
This course introduces students to college level algebra, and includes ordered
pairs and linear functions; linear equations; inequalities and application; operations
with
polynomials; factoring; radicals and exponents; quadratic equations; and graphing.
Prerequisites & Notes
Credits: 3 s.h.
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SHSE 140 - Earth and Physical Science for Educators
Earth and Physical Science for Educators is designed to introduce elementary
subject
matter knowledge in science. The content is anchored in the Massachusetts Curriculum
Frameworks for Science. The course is taught using the inquiry method of teaching
and learning. General topics covered include properties of matter, position
and motion of objects, forms of energy, characteristics and adaptations of organisms,
and earth and space.
Credits: 3 s.h.
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SHSE 148 - World History
This course provides an introduction to counseling work with youth. Individual,
group, family, peer and multisystemic counseling models found to be effective
with
adolescents are discussed. Emphasis is placed on the importance of considering
the
adolescents’ gender, ethnic/racial background, family structure, economic
status, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, etc. when designing counseling
interventions.
Credits: 3 s.h.
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SHSE 200 - Education and Meaning
This course is an introduction to philosophic understanding of roles of education
in contemporary U.S. society. Course content includes analysis and application
of the
branches of philosophy in relation to major philosophical approaches to education.
Students explore the meanings of Humanics (the philosophy of Springfield College)
and analyze the constructs of this philosophy. In addition, students engage in
argument about controversial educational issues.
Credits: 3 s.h.
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SHSE 210 - World Regional Geography
The purpose of this course is to develop an appreciation and knowledge of the
regions of the world. Through the extensive use of video resources and in-class
activities this
course examines the dynamic geographic forces that are shaping our world. Attention
is given to the role of geography in understanding global issues and problems.
Credits: 3 s.h.
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SHSE 220 - Introduction to World Literature
The purpose of this course is to read, enjoy, examine, discuss, analyze and write
about different genres of literature as presented in the works of major writers
from around the world. These works range from those of classic writers such as
William Shakespeare to the contemporary postcolonial work of Jamaica Kincaid.
Credits: 3 s.h.
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